Rene, Being "self thought" I started spinning on a bare hook shank and that is the way I have done it all the time except when I tried to spin on a thread covered hook a couple of times. That did not suit me at all. I found I could not pack the hair as tight as I would like. If interested, I can post some of my other deer hair bugs. I not only spin deer hair this way but also lambs wool. I have a Lizard I made that way. The lambs wool will pack just as tight. Tony --- On Sun, 8/23/09, Rene Zillmann <rene.zillm...@t-online.de> wrote:
From: Rene Zillmann <rene.zillm...@t-online.de> Subject: [VFB] Re: tools now Packing Hair. To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 9:46 AM Tony, that's basically ow I do it. No tools. How do you keep it with the hook's shank? Do you lay a thread base in the first step are are you spinng on the basre hook? Rene Anthony Spezio wrote: > Will send finger nail clippings next time I trim them. LOL > Here is how I do it. > After spinning the hair, take a couple of thread wraps in front of the > spun hair. Put thumb and first finger, finger nails up against the > hair with the hook shank between the nails. Now work your hand in a > back and forth twisting motion while pushing the hair back against the > last bunch. The wraps in front of the hair when pushed back in that > motion will hold the hair in place. When you think you have all the > hair you can get in the shank, work it back some more and you will > find you can almost always get another bunch on. Another thing, I try > to use the thinnest thread I can get by with. Most times it is 3/0. > Hope this is clearer than mud. > Tony > > > --- On *Sat, 8/22/09, J Balmer /<jbal...@a5.com>/* wrote: > > > From: J Balmer <jbal...@a5.com> > Subject: [VFB] Re: tools and books question > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 8:04 PM > > > > Next Time I tie a packed hair fly we’ll use your finger nailsJ > > > > *From:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Anthony Spezio > *Sen* > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
